Tobacco press



Aug. 11, 1925.

s. w. HURST TOBAQCO PRESS Filed Ji'me 10. 1924 Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

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TOBACCO PRESS.

Application filed. June 10, 1924. Serial No. 719,161.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen IV. I-IUnsT, a citizen of the United States'of America, and resident of Flemingsburg, in the county of Fleming and State of Kentucky, have in vented certain newand useful Improvements in Tobacco Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tobacco presses, and has for an object the provision of novel means whereby tobacco after it has been stripped may be pressed into appropriate bundles, and in which pressure may be applied, to a greater or less degree, according to the condition of the tobacco as to moisture and the like.

It is an object of this invention to produce a tobacco press which will occupy comparatively little space and which may be stationed in a work room where it may be used successively by different operators, it being the purpose of the inventor to produce a press which can be manipulated without the employment of undue skill or manual efforts.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a tobacco press which comprises comparatively few parts which are strong and durable, as well as efficient.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of a tobacco press embodying the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view thereof, partly in elevation; and

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view partly in elevation, showing the press with the parts in operative positions.

As the device is intended to be attached to a wall or studding of a building in which the press is installed, the invention is illustrated as unattached to a building, but, of course, it is adapted to be secured to a wall or studding, as indicated.

In these drawings, 7 denotes the press base which may be secured to the side wall or studding of a building, as stated, and at each end of the said press base there are flanges 8 which terminate below the upper edge of the press base and these flanges are intended to confine the tobacco and to act as a support for sticks from which the tobacco is suspended after it is stripped.

The pressing element or plate 9 is hinged on brackets 10 which are anchored in any suitable manner to the press base 7, and these brackets should preferably have their arms 11 project from the press base a distance approximately that of the thickness or the width of the bundle of tobacco to be pressed, although preferably they should be slightly shorter than the width to be pressed in order that the tobacco will have suflicient pressure exerted on it at the upper portion of the press base.

Bars 12 are secured to the pressing plate 9, and these bars are hinged to the arms 11 of the brackets as at 13, it being understood that these elements should be relatively strong in order that they will withstand strain incident to the use of the device as a press.

A flexible member 14 such as a cable or rope operates over a pulley 15, and the said flexible member has a weight 16 connected to its end. A bracket 17 is secured on the pressing plate and the flexible element 14 is connected to it in order that the pressing plate may be held normally elevated so that when an operator desires to press tobacco, he may suspend the sticks supporting the tobacco in the press and then have his hands free to pull the pressing plate down for the application of power, as will presently apear.

A bracket 18 is anchored to the press base at its lower edge and the said bracket has a plurality of apertures 19 which receive a pivot or pin 20, by which a cam 21 can be secured at different positions of adjustment. The cam has an operating arm or lever 22 which may be manipulated to force the edge of the cam into engagement with the pressing plate, as shown in Fig. 3 when the pressing operation is being eifected. When bundles of different sizes are to be pressed, it will be obvious that the position of the cam with relation to the bracket 18 may be changed and if desired, the throw of the cam may be changed to suit particular requirements.

I claim:

1. In a tobacco press, a press base adapted to be supported in a vertical position, a

2 masses pressing plate, brackets secured to the base and projecting outwardly approximately horizontally therefrom, means for pivotally connecting the pressing plate to the said brackets and for mounting the pressing plate in operative relation to the press base, flanges at the ends of the press base having stick engaging and supporting surfaces below the brackets and constituting supports for tobacco suspending sticks, a bracket at the edge of the press base remote from the first mentioned brackets, a cam pivotally mounted on the second mentioned bracket and operative to engage the pressing plate for forcingit toward the press base, and means for yieldingly holding the pressing plate suspended.

2. In a tobacco press, a press base adapted to be supported in a vertical position, brackets secured to the base and projecting outwardly approximately horizontally therefrom, means "for pivotally connecting the pressing plate to the said brackets and for mounting the pressing plate in operative relation to the press base, stick engaging and supporting elements on the base on each side of the pressing plate, a bracket at the edge of the press base remote from the first mentionedbrackets, a cam pivotally mounted on the second mentioned bracket and operative to engage the pressing plate for forcing it toward the press base.

GEORGE W. HURST. 

